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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- "Adieu, My Beloved Oscar" A sad and brutal ending to a great series. Oscar doesn't last long into the ep, but she had a great death scene. The rest of the episode becomes an epilogue as Antoinette finally returns prominently after Oscar's death. And we see how history has treated the story's characters. I really did feel sorry for Antoinette, though I can imagine a lot of other viewers not feeling the same way. It seemed a lot of this could've been avoided if the nobility actually had a respect for its subjects and understood it position better. The King was weak & accepted terrible advice, surrounded by corruption. Antoinette was stubborn and didn't get it until the end. Or she may have not ever really understood. Even Fersen who was a great and tragic character ended up becoming a monster after all he endured and suffered the same fate as the French nobility. I suppose all of this could've been seen coming, given that the whole series was based on historical events & people. But it doesn't change the fact that you got attached to the characters and cared none the less. Overall, I greatly enjoyed the series. Having only watched maybe one series this old, I admit it held up very well. Rose of Versailles surpassed many of the anime I've watched that is much younger than this series. Though some of it was WAY over the top for me, I'd highly recommend it to anyone. *thumbs up* |
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| The ending was pretty tragic but it was great series overall. |
| I thought Bernard was the third member of Robeispierre and St. Just's triumvirate that ruled France, oops. Very, very sad series 9/10. I miss Oscar. |
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| Huh, after finishing the series, I don't even know what to day anymore. It was a great ride, even though there were a few bumps here and there. |
| I loved this show so much, but i mean , after andre died i dont think i had anymore tears left. and i feel like the fact oscar died in the beggining of the last episode just made the whole ending seem sort of... blah. i mean, the ending with antoinette was pretty sad, and i like the whole rose deal at the end... but just... oscar gone???!!! i just couldnt imagine why i was still watching. I want my happy ending! im so torn between a 9 or a 10. amazing amazing show. but sooo sad, that giving it a 10 is sort of hard. |
| Then you should stick with the usual happy ending stories. For me it was a 10/10 Few times have I watched such perfection in animated form. |
| I was kinda amazed that Oscar died in like the first 5 minutes of this episode. I enjoyed watching the rest with showing the history of what happened afterward. Too bad Fersen became horrible after all of that. |
| How long would it take to earn 50 million yen, Karasawa? - Katsuya No longer than it would take to get to the bank, provided I have a gun. -Karasawa I'm through talking with you. -Katsuya |
| I loved the coldness of the epilogue, it was like "and then these two died, and then this person dies, and Fersen became cold and was killed 10 years later." I wonder if so many people died that they just gave up making them dramatic :) Anyways, really freaking good show, although I admit I'm glad it's finally over. |
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| Good series :') |
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| This series was incredible. I enjoyed watching it so much. Why can't new anime series be this good? ;/ Oscar has become one of my favorite characters of all time. |
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| That was so sad but I loved it! I mean, I knew a lot of people were going to die (it's the French Revolution after all...). Still, a great ending to a great anime! The part with the rose was especially sad... |
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| 10/10 This is the best anime I've ever watched. I'm surprised it's not in the top list of MAL. Side Note: This is what a true manga adaptation should be : It should take the best of a manga, filter the useless stuff, add and animate an original script to make the series even better. |
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| Rose of Versailles was amazing. Sorry it took me this long to get to it v_v 10/10 it deserves it. |
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| Damnit Oscar... you deserved better than this... so much better... but then again what did I expect... even discounting tuberculosis, this is the french revolution we are talking about, if not at the Bastille it would be during the terror anyway... and besides you can't have a rose of Versailles without the Versailles part right? But still, it was such a pity... adieu, Oscar... adieu... |
| It took like 30 episodes to erase the Queen from this show. And now leaves me with one big question mark, if Oscar never gave birth to Andre's child, then how is Reinhardo-sama related to her... |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| I really enjoyed this series and how historically accurate it was. In high school, my teacher had taught us that the main cause of the Revolution was due to Antoinette entirely and her "crimes", but the historical accuracy of ROV made me gain great sympathy for the character as I found out all of them were just lies and that she was just a person who was misunderstood since she was too stubborn. Killing her and her family was just wrong... But this was a great series, I was sad that they killed of Oscar, but it is the French Revolution and her death was fitting and nothing cheap. 10/10 |
| lol one of the former french guards had an eye patch, how did he qualify for a soldier xD.. and i can't imagine being rosalie at this point of the series having anyone i loved\ know\ talked to\ interacted with die on me like that =\ i specially loved how in this episode the anime instead of telliing history decided to act like some news channel * phew ~ phew* oscar dies *phew`phew* the bastille was seized x'D loved it <3 |
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| So this is the end. I would have liked it if we saw more of the reign of terror in the series, but it was great as it was. 9/10 for me, because it's still not as good as LOGH and the first half wasn't THAT great. The second half alone and especially everything that happened after Oscar changed position to the French Guards would probably be a 10 for me. The last sentence shocked me a bit though. "Fersen became a cruel ruler who hated his subjects and was slaughtered by his own citizens some years later." |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Such a... informative ending... |
shadylookin said: I didn't really like that epilogue. It just sucked away all the emotions of Oscars death and just coldly told us that everyone else just died miserably. Not exactly a shock to anyone that knows anything about the French revolution, but I think they could have done a much better job. Yeah... Because of that I'm stuck between 8-9/10... |
| My heart throbbed as I watch the whole series. But I still don't know what to put a 9 or a 10. It is a great depiction of the French Revolution but some parts-, IMO, kind of turned me off, -very few parts that can be covered by the strong parts of the series. Still it was the strongest series I've ever watched. EDIT: and why is it not placed in the high ranking here in MAL?? |
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| hey, I just got a new top 5 anime. This was really good, and I didn't even mind that I watched it in mostly in 360p(oh the horror!). I liked it the entire time, the only thing that put me off a little bit was the sparkles, but you have to expect that when it's a shoujo. |
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| Well, this series is the very embodiment of the old saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Nobody can say that Marie Antoinette was a bad person at heart. In fact, she really cared for those around her. What caused her the tragic fate she had was the many mistakes she made during her reign. However, I don't believe that she was 100 % at fault. Because she lived a very sheltered life. The only people she came in contact with were the nobles. She was also manipulated by Polignac and other people like her. And she never saw with her own eyes the hunger and poverty of the french people. Had she knew about it, I am sure that she would have done something to help them. I also simply loved Oscar. Probably the best anime character ever created. Or among the greatest, anyway. I am kind of curious about what happened with the rest of the Jarjeyes family in the aftermath. How did her father cope ? Did he live or die ? |
Don't talk to me about character development if Kaizuka Inaho or Slaine Troyard are in your favorites. |
| Adieu. Up there with the saddest anime deaths. Her noble character was just too good for those tragic times. |
| Overall, a magnificent series that started off well and got even better toward the end. It's not perfect by any mens, but it'd be criminal to rate something of which I felt such intense emotions less than a 10-9/10. |
| What do you think you're piloting? Great Mazinger? Dangaioh? For Pete's sake, this isn't some robot cartoon whose main character is an autistic kid or some punk. - Kiichi Goto, Mobile Police Patlabor |
| OHHHH WHYYYY did I have to read this freaking topig, everything is spoiled.........the main dies....now I can't watch it because it's too sad :( |
| Wow Oscar died like 5 minutes in I don't think I ever saw an anime where the main dies and for the rest of the time we are given info on how everything went down after they died. "Fersen...became a cold-hearted lord who hated his subjects, and was brutally murdered by his people." Now that I wasn't expecting and for the final line of the series too. xD 9/10 it was a great series although it started really slow the last 20 or so episodes were absolutely amazing. Would have given it a 10 if it wasn't for the over dramatic effects and the slow start. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| I scored it a 9/10 myself but it's one of my all time favourite anime. I have to say everybody who has posted in this topic has true taste in great anime. I can't grasp the people who refuse to watch anime from years gone by, they claim the "animation" puts them off....... to me it's inconceivable xD Pat on the back to everybody who got that movie reference, anyway I guess it's a case that some, indeed most people will never know what an incredible experience they've missed out on. |
| I'll force my friend, who says that old animes are bad, to watch this! |
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| I believe the two last episodes were the climax of the whole show.The tension kept building up from episode 1 slowly,along with the French Revolution. I don't think the ending could have been more appropriate even if it was pretty sad there are many reason this was the perfect ending for Rose of Versailles. |
CharlesTheWise said: I scored it a 9/10 myself but it's one of my all time favourite anime. I have to say everybody who has posted in this topic has true taste in great anime. I can't grasp the people who refuse to watch anime from years gone by, they claim the "animation" puts them off....... to me it's inconceivable xD Pat on the back to everybody who got that movie reference, anyway I guess it's a case that some, indeed most people will never know what an incredible experience they've missed out on. I really think RoV had amazing art for its time. Way better than what Mobile Suit Gundam gave me too many character derps lol. xD |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| really great show the only issue I have is with the cheesy sparkles but it's 70's shoujo so I'll look past that 10/10 |
| Amazing show....10/10 |
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| Loved it. So many feels. I only really had two gripes with the series. One was how it went from Oscar's heart wrenching death to pretty much an info dump epilogue (which I don't think even told us what happened to her family) and I actually felt the series could easily have been double the length it was. I would have liked them to have gone more in-depth with certain characters and plots that the show introduces but then resolves pretty quickly or doesn't mention again for episodes at a time eg. how Marie went from being a spoiled naive yet caring and compassionate queen to ordering 100,000 troops onto the streets of Paris to control the starving and oppressed people. Plus the latter half dropped alot of the political going's on that I really loved in the first half. But overall I really freakin loved it and think it's a true classical masterpiece. Anyone know how/if the anime differs from the manga? |
| The King should have kept Fersen around, maybe they would have escaped but no the King was stupid and foolish to the end as was Marie to a degree. But in the end the nobility got what was coming to them as did the King and Queen unfortunately. In this case ignorance was not bliss. Oscar's story was nothing short of tragic, I wish she had a better end but it was not to be. I'll give the series an 8/10 |
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| This show felt more of a seinen than anything else. It totally changed my views about the shojo genre and i was expecting something very light. Oh well, i guess that's French Revolution for you q_q Oh well, at least Rosalie is happy at the end. No wonder the fucking french revolution happened because of a Queen like Marie Antoinette but i still felt sorry for her in the end. |
RedgraveGilverNov 4, 2013 4:12 AM
| I just got the Part 1 & 2 box sets a few days ago and decided to marathon it. 9/10 never forget July 14th. |
peeyaj said: Fueille is a deconstruction of a decent human being. |
SimmianPrime said: Loved it. So many feels. I only really had two gripes with the series. One was how it went from Oscar's heart wrenching death to pretty much an info dump epilogue (which I don't think even told us what happened to her family) and I actually felt the series could easily have been double the length it was. I would have liked them to have gone more in-depth with certain characters and plots that the show introduces but then resolves pretty quickly or doesn't mention again for episodes at a time eg. how Marie went from being a spoiled naive yet caring and compassionate queen to ordering 100,000 troops onto the streets of Paris to control the starving and oppressed people. Plus the latter half dropped alot of the political going's on that I really loved in the first half. But overall I really freakin loved it and think it's a true classical masterpiece. Anyone know how/if the anime differs from the manga? There's some differences but not much. Oscar didn't realize Andre is blind until he dies for protecting her. Oscar told Andre she loves him too after Andre defended her in front her father. Oscar told Andre she wants to be his wife (you know what I mean) in her home, not in the wood. There are some characters in manga that doesn't appear in anime. Black Knight almost got caught by Oscar after she ran out of the ball. Alain loves Oscar Andre tried to kill Oscar and suicide bc he thought he would never be with her (fortunately he didn't do it) Oscar has considered marrying Gerodelle. The officers of Regiment B tied Oscar up and tried to harass her once. I can only recall above. |
| Rose of Versailles is a fantastic show. A true classic. 9/10. |
| And so it ends.... Too bad about Andre. We all know he's never going to be come back. Fersen seems to have his own plans in this finale though. Shame it failed. The legendary tales of Oscar will never die though. 8/10. This was damn beautiful. |
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